Da sprach der Fuchs zum Hasen: Die schönsten Tiergeschichten von Äsop bis Lorenz

Abstract

This is a typically hefty 300-page anthology. There are probably a number of fables to be found in the other four major sections, but one section is explicitly given to Mythen, Märchen, Fabeln, and that is Als Noch die Tiere Sprachen (217-47). Fables here find representation from Aesop, Luther, Shakespeare, La Fontaine, Gellert, Lessing, Ramler, Claudius, Kleist, Bechstein, Keller, Scheerbart, Kafka, and Seidel. The selection of pieces from these authors seems to me to be excellent. There are no illustrations.